Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Assemblies of God | 80% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 345 |
Churches of Christ | 63% | 28% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 280 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 71% | 21% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 475 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 34% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 129 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 58% | 33% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 209 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 62% | 30% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 134 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 62% | 30% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 499 |
Seventh-day Adventist | 53% | 33% | 7% | < 1% | 7% | 116 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 72% | 20% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1,155 |
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